Dallas Free Press

04/23/2026

Dallas ISD’s proposed $6.2B bond focuses on campus renovations and replacements
✍ David Silva Ramirez

The Dallas ISD administration building is seen Sept. 9, 2025. Photo by Camilo Diaz Jr. Dallas ISD's proposed $6.2 billion 2026 bond is broken down into four propositions, with the majority of the money in Proposition A. Proposition A's

04/23/2026

Pinkston junior turns a nail hobby into a thriving business
✍ Angel De La Cruz

High school junior Alexa Sanchez uses a manual file to shape a client’s nails into an almond style at her Dallas home. Sanchez, who has been building her business for three years, now manages up to 40 clients a month. “It’s helped me a lot

04/21/2026

Meet Chloe Adams, Great James Madison High’s unstoppable senior leader
✍ Kar’Mel McBride

In addition to being a school leader, senior Chloe Adams is an entrepreneur, doing hair and loves to be a stylist who accommodates everyone's needs. “I've learned I can hold a lot and not need a break to do that." Photo by Kar’Mel McBride

04/10/2026

Local News Day is over, but trusted local news is needed every day. Here are a few ways you can support our work anytime.

Thank you for celebrating with us — and for trusting us to keep you and your neighbors informed and connected year round. We're honored to be your source for trusted community news and information! 💙

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04/09/2026

Today we’re celebrating ! 🗞 Since day one, Dallas Free Press has followed its mission to use journalism to amplify voices in disinvested Dallas neighborhoods. Founder and Executive Director Keri Mitchell reflects on how, in the early days of Dallas Free Press, conversations with local community leaders and organizations helped shape coverage that started with building trust.

To learn more about Local News Day and how to find and support trusted local newsrooms like Dallas Free Press, visit localnewsday.org or the link in our bio. 🔗

04/09/2026

Today, we're celebrating the first-ever ! 🗞

David Silva Ramirez, Civic Editor for Dallas Documenters and Dallas Free Press, shares why the program is special to him. By training and paying residents to document public meetings across Dallas, Documenters helps fill gaps in coverage by showing up where local decisions are being made. Those notes create a community-owned public record that anyone can access for free.

To learn more about Local News Day and how to find and support trusted local newsrooms like Dallas Free Press, visit localnewsday.org or the link in our bio.

04/08/2026

You may recognize Jeffrey Ruiz from your local community meetings. His work in audience development for Dallas Free Press has immersed him in the West Dallas and South Dallas communities. Ruiz shares how listening to neighbors’ questions and concerns helps guide DFP’s coverage to better align with the neighborhoods we serve.

Join us tomorrow, April 9, to celebrate the first-ever ! 🗞️

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04/07/2026

On April 9, we're celebrating the first-ever ! 🗞️

In West Dallas, neighbors haven't always found local media’s coverage of their neighborhoods to be worth celebrating. Gloria Ardilla, a West Dallas native and Dallas Free Press team member, shares what it means to finally see a newsroom that reflects and serves her community.

To learn more about Local News Day and how to find and support trusted local newsrooms like Dallas Free Press, visit localnewsday.org or the link in our bio. 🔗

04/02/2026

City of Dallas is seeking alternatives to library closures. Here’s what we know
✍ David Silva Ramirez

The Oak Lawn Branch Library, located at 4100 Cedar Springs Road, is one of four branches currently being considered for closure by the City of Dallas. Photo by Camilo Diaz Jr. The road to saving $2.6 million from the Dallas

04/02/2026

Civil rights leader Ernest McMillan’s legacy lives on in South Dallas
✍ Keri Mitchell

This content originally was a newsletter Dallas Free Press emailed to insiders. To become one, sign up here for free. Last week South Dallas lost a beloved son, Ernest McMillan. According to a Dallas Weekly post McMillan “challenged systems, uplifted

03/27/2026

“Has a PID ever succeeded in a neighborhood as poor and crime-infested as ours?” asks Hank Lawson, whose house on Park Row lies within the boundaries of the proposed Sunny South Dallas PID.

Lawson's home was also included in the previous South Dallas Fair Park PID, which he led efforts to end in 2023 due to mismanagement and lack of transparency. resident and developer Scottie Smith II is proposing a new iteration that he expects will restore public trust. Smith needs to collect petition signatures from half of the property owners in the outlined district by Feb. 1, 2027, to submit the official proposal to the City of Dallas.

“What was is not what is,” says Smith. However, past outcomes have still left some residents skeptical that a new public improvement district would be a good fit for their neighborhood.

Read what residents can do to make their voices heard: https://tinyurl.com/5xuuswez
✍: Christina Hughes Babb
📸: Camilo Diaz Jr.